“I wasn’t invited either”, Andrian muttered to himself than to Noah.

Noah blinked, “What?”

Clearing his throat, Andrian improvised, trying to stay in character, “No one was invited— not even my family, it was….. a private ceremony”.

“Alex, I know you are a private person, but this is next-level secrecy” Noah rolled his eyes.

“Whatever” Andrian shrugged “Can we get to the business now?”

Noah held his hands up in mock surrender, “Fine, fine. Let’s talk business ...